He's probably thinking to himself "If Bridge can make the ABs...."

At least he won't get benched now.

The ref saw Bridge so that ruled out the try option.....

What a moment.

What a team.

What an era.

Legends.

Sitting through the Black Ferns v Wallaroos XVs game was an absolute treat compared to sitting through the 2018 Blues season.

Clearly the punishment should be that the Crusaders are forced to start Brett Cameron at 10 this week vs the Blues.....

@cgrant No they'll just look short compared to the towering height of Ardie on the opposite side.....

@Tim said in Blues 2020:

Anyone know when Parsons will be available?

There's no rush...

@wreck-diver said in Bledisloe II:

@mimic said in Bledisloe II:

@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe II:

@nzzp said in Bledisloe II:

@antipodean said in Bledisloe II:

I just don't see the Wallabies being that bad the week after. The lineout is solvable and even if you lose a couple, try something else... The scrum will be bolstered with Sio back and Tupou on the bench. A couple of sessions on running lines and catch-pass for the backs. Hey presto, they're competitive.

They were damn good for the first half. Aggressive hard defence, straight running. On a different night with a different ref, you're looking at a healthy half time lead.

I keep saying it; ther'es not much between these sides at the top level. I don't think the Wobbles will be as bad at set piece, and I reckon supporters should be heartened by the non-set piece effort last week.

All true but they don't have the heart and lungs to do it for 80. They were absolutely gone after 35 minutes. The ABs blew several opportunities in the first half as well and also lost line outs. I agree that it's a decent Aus team, but Cheika is just a shit coach.

This can be easily fixed if they amend their game plan to slow the game down in certain areas. They were trying to play at pace when they didn't have the fitness to last the full 80. Losing Tongan Thor was a huge loss.

Please he's not a Norse God he is a fat Sth Auckland kid that didnt have the balls to have a go in NZ after leaving school. In his own words he said he was used to running over skinny little white boys so move to Aussie to play rugby. I dont see him adding anything to their team let alone his youtube page.

This seems harsh. He's a 22 year old tighthead prop who really improved this year in Super Rugby. He looks a serious talent.

@old-samurai-jack said in Foster, Robertson, Other Options etc:

@kiwimurph Wherever that munter is from, I am staying away from. After the first sentence, I had to stop it.

was definitely a challenging wank

Here's a take from the (wo)man on the street

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Seattle are the most tin-arse team in the league.

This is the second game (at least) this season where the opposition kicker has been injured either before or during the game.

@duluth said in All Blacks 2021:

At the moment he starts or is left out completely because the other guys offer more options from the bench.

Meanwhile Sotutu was excellent off of the bench in Boks game 1.

@kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby 2022:

surely they can set something up with more super rounds, first four or five rounds in NZ, then everyone has a bye and goes to aus for the second half of the season

I think this is what they will do - and cross their fingers that by April the restrictions are eased (isn't April the tentative month from when the current restrictions are to be re-visited?)

@yeetyaah said in Chiefs 2022:

@kiwi_expat good or bad news? Anyone?

Well Hoeata was assistant coach at Taranaki this year under Barnes so Barnes knows him very well and Taranaki had an undefeated season. Feels pretty fast tracked but that's modern coaching.

@mariner4life Yes I would think your Broncos would be a great example of how a relatively chief free agent QB can be great value.

There should be a few veteran QBs around (Jimmy G etc).

Browns are in a tough spot.

Baker Mayfield their QB is coming to the end of his 4th year of his 5 year rookie contract. Typically this coming offseason is when contract extensions would be done.

If they give him a new contract it's going to take up a huge portion of their salary cap.

He's not a bad player and he is the best QB they have had in 30 years but he's also not worth a huge deal - he is surrounded by a very talented team and there's not really one thing he does at an elite level - he doesn't have an elite arm, he's not big, he's not fast, he's not so accurate that you would call it elite. Through 10 games he's thrown 10 TDs this season.

The moneyball approach would be to not pay him and spend that salary cap elsewhere.

They can keep him one more year but if they don't sign him this offseason it feels like a lame duck year or you get into a Kirk Cousins / Washington situation (franchise tag/expensive year by year deals).

Vikings - 49ers was very good. It had everything - TDs, intercepts, fumble recoveries, injuries, kickoff return for a TD. Two very even teams but a huge win for the 49ers as they now hold both a one game lead on the Vikings plus the tiebreaker (now that they beat them). More good news for the 49ers that Panthers, Eales and Rams all lost.

I was hoping they'd align with Victoria and NSW and do away with self-isolation.